diff --git a/sphinx/search/da.py b/sphinx/search/da.py
index 623e009eb..755122b56 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/da.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/da.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from sphinx.search import SearchLanguage, parse_stop_word
 
 import snowballstemmer
 
-danish_stopwords = parse_stop_word('''
+danish_stopwords = parse_stop_word(u'''
 | source: http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/danish/stop.txt
 og           | and
 i            | in
diff --git a/sphinx/search/de.py b/sphinx/search/de.py
index 650dd2b8f..b46c7dd33 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/de.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/de.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from sphinx.search import SearchLanguage, parse_stop_word
 
 import snowballstemmer
 
-german_stopwords = parse_stop_word('''
+german_stopwords = parse_stop_word(u'''
 |source: http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/german/stop.txt
 aber           |  but
 
diff --git a/sphinx/search/es.py b/sphinx/search/es.py
index 2333847cc..659d00fb1 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/es.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/es.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from sphinx.search import SearchLanguage, parse_stop_word
 
 import snowballstemmer
 
-spanish_stopwords = parse_stop_word('''
+spanish_stopwords = parse_stop_word(u'''
 |source: http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/spanish/stop.txt
 de             |  from, of
 la             |  the, her
diff --git a/sphinx/search/fi.py b/sphinx/search/fi.py
index 3203e7e34..7350d88f3 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/fi.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/fi.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from sphinx.search import SearchLanguage, parse_stop_word
 
 import snowballstemmer
 
-finnish_stopwords = parse_stop_word('''
+finnish_stopwords = parse_stop_word(u'''
 | source: http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/finnish/stop.txt
 | forms of BE
 
diff --git a/sphinx/search/fr.py b/sphinx/search/fr.py
index af90fe516..9ae61339d 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/fr.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/fr.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from sphinx.search import SearchLanguage, parse_stop_word
 
 import snowballstemmer
 
-french_stopwords = parse_stop_word('''
+french_stopwords = parse_stop_word(u'''
 | source: http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/french/stop.txt
 au             |  a + le
 aux            |  a + les
diff --git a/sphinx/search/hu.py b/sphinx/search/hu.py
index b45172d28..003a98ae6 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/hu.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/hu.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from sphinx.search import SearchLanguage, parse_stop_word
 
 import snowballstemmer
 
-hungarian_stopwords = parse_stop_word('''
+hungarian_stopwords = parse_stop_word(u'''
 | source: http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/hungarian/stop.txt
 | prepared by Anna Tordai
 a
diff --git a/sphinx/search/it.py b/sphinx/search/it.py
index 3171e09ce..1b8d51ece 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/it.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/it.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from sphinx.search import SearchLanguage, parse_stop_word
 
 import snowballstemmer
 
-italian_stopwords = parse_stop_word('''
+italian_stopwords = parse_stop_word(u'''
 | source: http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/italian/stop.txt
 ad             |  a (to) before vowel
 al             |  a + il
diff --git a/sphinx/search/nl.py b/sphinx/search/nl.py
index 17d0bc8b6..f0d612c0b 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/nl.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/nl.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from sphinx.search import SearchLanguage, parse_stop_word
 
 import snowballstemmer
 
-danish_stopwords = parse_stop_word('''
+danish_stopwords = parse_stop_word(u'''
 | source: http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/danish/stop.txt
 og           | and
 i            | in
diff --git a/sphinx/search/no.py b/sphinx/search/no.py
index f84a7069e..b72b4ea05 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/no.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/no.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from sphinx.search import SearchLanguage, parse_stop_word
 
 import snowballstemmer
 
-norwegian_stopwords = parse_stop_word('''
+norwegian_stopwords = parse_stop_word(u'''
 | source: http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/norwegian/stop.txt
 og             | and
 i              | in
diff --git a/sphinx/search/pt.py b/sphinx/search/pt.py
index a66c05d30..cb93f26d7 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/pt.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/pt.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from sphinx.search import SearchLanguage, parse_stop_word
 
 import snowballstemmer
 
-portuguese_stopwords = parse_stop_word('''
+portuguese_stopwords = parse_stop_word(u'''
 | source: http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/portuguese/stop.txt
 de             |  of, from
 a              |  the; to, at; her
diff --git a/sphinx/search/ru.py b/sphinx/search/ru.py
index 00feab5d6..af019ea2f 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/ru.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/ru.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from sphinx.search import SearchLanguage, parse_stop_word
 
 import snowballstemmer
 
-russian_stopwords = parse_stop_word('''
+russian_stopwords = parse_stop_word(u'''
 | source: http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/russian/stop.txt
 и              | and
 в              | in/into
diff --git a/sphinx/search/sv.py b/sphinx/search/sv.py
index 3ff70f3c7..eb4ab2ee1 100644
--- a/sphinx/search/sv.py
+++ b/sphinx/search/sv.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from sphinx.search import SearchLanguage, parse_stop_word
 
 import snowballstemmer
 
-swedish_stopwords = parse_stop_word('''
+swedish_stopwords = parse_stop_word(u'''
 | source: http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/swedish/stop.txt
 och            | and
 det            | it, this/that